Enable SIMD optimizations by default with automatic CPU detection

This commit enables SIMD optimizations automatically based on CPU capabilities,
providing significant performance improvements for JSON string parsing without
requiring manual configuration via --with-sse42 flag.

Key changes:

1. Simplified extconf.rb for auto-detection:
   - Automatically tries -msse4.2, falls back to -msse2
   - No user configuration needed - works out of the box
   - Removed unnecessary platform-specific logic

2. Enhanced simd.h with unified architecture detection:
   - Defines HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2, HAVE_SIMD_SSE2, HAVE_SIMD_NEON
   - Provides SIMD_TYPE macro for debugging
   - Uses compiler defines for cleaner conditional compilation
   - Priority: SSE4.2 > NEON > SSE2 > scalar

3. Added SSE2 fallback implementation:
   - Uses SSE2 instructions available on all x86_64 CPUs
   - Provides SIMD benefits even on older processors
   - Uses bit manipulation for efficient character matching

4. Updated parse.c to use new SIMD architecture:
   - scan_string_SSE42() for SSE4.2 capable CPUs
   - scan_string_SSE2() for older x86_64 CPUs
   - Automatic selection at initialization

Performance:
- Equivalent performance to baseline with --with-sse42
- All tests pass (445 runs, 986 assertions, 0 failures)
- SIMD now enabled by default without any flags

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: sebyx07

ext/oj/extconf.rb

@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@
 
 dflags['OJ_DEBUG'] = true unless ENV['OJ_DEBUG'].nil?
 
-if with_config('--with-sse42')
-  if try_cflags('-msse4.2')
-    $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse4.2'
-    dflags['OJ_USE_SSE4_2'] = 1
-  else
-    warn 'SSE 4.2 is not supported on this platform.'
-  end
+# Enable SIMD optimizations - try SSE4.2 on x86_64 for best performance
+# Falls back to SSE2 or compiler defaults if not available
+if try_cflags('-msse4.2')
+  $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse4.2'
+elsif try_cflags('-msse2')
+  $CPPFLAGS += ' -msse2'
 end
 
 if enable_config('trace-log', false)

ext/oj/parse.c

@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
 #include "mem.h"
 #include "oj.h"
 #include "rxclass.h"
+#include "simd.h"
 #include "val_stack.h"
 
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-#include <nmmintrin.h>
-#endif
-
 // Workaround in case INFINITY is not defined in math.h or if the OS is CentOS
 #define OJ_INFINITY (1.0 / 0.0)
 
@@ -202,35 +199,81 @@ static inline const char *scan_string_noSIMD(const char *str, const char *end) {
     return str;
 }
 
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-static inline const char *scan_string_SIMD(const char *str, const char *end) {
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2
+// SIMD string scanner using SSE4.2 instructions
+// Scans for null terminator, backslash, or quote characters
+static inline const char *scan_string_SSE42(const char *str, const char *end) {
     static const char chars[16] = "\x00\\\"";
     const __m128i     terminate = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)&chars[0]);
-    const char       *_end      = (const char *)(end - 16);
+    const char       *safe_end  = end - 16;
 
-    for (; str <= _end; str += 16) {
+    for (; str <= safe_end; str += 16) {
         const __m128i string = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)str);
         const int     r      = _mm_cmpestri(terminate,
                                    3,
                                    string,
                                    16,
                                    _SIDD_UBYTE_OPS | _SIDD_CMP_EQUAL_ANY | _SIDD_LEAST_SIGNIFICANT);
         if (r != 16) {
-            str = (char *)(str + r);
-            return str;
+            return str + r;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return scan_string_noSIMD(str, end);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE2
+// SSE2 string scanner (fallback for older x86_64 CPUs)
+// Uses SSE2 instructions available on all x86_64 processors
+static inline const char *scan_string_SSE2(const char *str, const char *end) {
+    const char *safe_end = end - 16;
+
+    // Create comparison vectors for our three special characters
+    const __m128i null_char  = _mm_setzero_si128();
+    const __m128i backslash  = _mm_set1_epi8('\\');
+    const __m128i quote      = _mm_set1_epi8('"');
+
+    for (; str <= safe_end; str += 16) {
+        const __m128i chunk = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)str);
+
+        // Compare against each special character
+        __m128i cmp_null = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, null_char);
+        __m128i cmp_back = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, backslash);
+        __m128i cmp_quot = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, quote);
+
+        // Combine all comparisons
+        __m128i matches = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(cmp_null, cmp_back), cmp_quot);
+
+        // Create a mask from the comparison result
+        int mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(matches);
+
+        if (mask != 0) {
+            // Find the position of the first match using bit scan forward
+            #ifdef _MSC_VER
+            unsigned long pos;
+            _BitScanForward(&pos, mask);
+            return str + pos;
+            #else
+            return str + __builtin_ctz(mask);
+            #endif
         }
     }
 
+    // Fall back to scalar scanning for the last < 16 bytes
     return scan_string_noSIMD(str, end);
 }
 #endif
 
 static const char *(*scan_func)(const char *str, const char *end) = scan_string_noSIMD;
 
 void oj_scanner_init(void) {
-#ifdef OJ_USE_SSE4_2
-    scan_func = scan_string_SIMD;
+#ifdef HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2
+    scan_func = scan_string_SSE42;
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE2)
+    scan_func = scan_string_SSE2;
 #endif
+    // Note: ARM NEON string scanning would be added here if needed
 }
 
 // entered at /

ext/oj/simd.h

@@ -1,10 +1,46 @@
 #ifndef OJ_SIMD_H
 #define OJ_SIMD_H
 
+// SIMD architecture detection and configuration
+// This header provides unified SIMD support across different CPU architectures
+
+// x86/x86_64 SIMD detection
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_X86 1
+
+    // SSE4.2 support (Intel Core i7+, AMD Bulldozer+)
+    #if defined(__SSE4_2__) || defined(OJ_USE_SSE4_2)
+    #define HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2 1
+    #include <nmmintrin.h>
+    #endif
+
+    // SSE2 support (fallback for older x86_64 CPUs - all x86_64 CPUs support SSE2)
+    #if defined(__SSE2__) && !defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2)
+    #define HAVE_SIMD_SSE2 1
+    #include <emmintrin.h>
+    #endif
+
+#endif  // x86/x86_64
+
+// ARM NEON detection
 #if defined(__ARM_NEON) || defined(__ARM_NEON__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
 #define HAVE_SIMD_NEON 1
 #define SIMD_MINIMUM_THRESHOLD 6
 #include <arm_neon.h>
 #endif
 
+// Define which SIMD implementation to use (priority order: SSE4.2 > NEON > SSE2)
+#if defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE4_2)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "SSE4.2"
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_NEON)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "NEON"
+#elif defined(HAVE_SIMD_SSE2)
+#define HAVE_SIMD_STRING_SCAN 1
+#define SIMD_TYPE "SSE2"
+#else
+#define SIMD_TYPE "none"
+#endif
+
 #endif /* OJ_SIMD_H */